Joel Irwin Klein was born on October 25,1946 and is an American lawyer and school superintendent.
22 Facts About Joel Klein
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Joel Klein was the Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, the largest public school system in the United States, serving more than 1.1 million students in more than 1,600 schools.
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Joel Klein was succeeded by Cathie Black in January 2011.
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Joel Klein had never obtained the common formal credentials that one would have to take a leadership role in a public school system, and Joel Klein had a short duration of teaching experience.
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Joel Klein grew up in New York City and attended public schools, graduating from William Cullen Bryant High School in Queens in 1963.
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Joel Klein then clerked for Chief Judge David L Bazelon on the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit from 1973 until 1974, before then clerking for US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell.
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In 1975, Joel Klein joined the legal team of the Washington, DC, non-profit Mental Health Law Project.
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Joel Klein was rumored to be one of Barack Obama's candidates for Secretary of Education.
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In 1998, before Joel Klein became Chancellor, the New York City Board of Education transferred responsibility for school safety to the New York City Police Department.
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Joel Klein has been criticized for not seeking to alter this arrangement or to curb the conduct of the Police Department's school safety agents in the face of allegations of abuse.
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Joel Klein has praised the work of the school-safety agents in contributing to a decrease in crime in the public schools.
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In 2005, Joel Klein fired Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi from the teacher training program, reportedly because of Khalidi's political views.
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In 2007, Joel Klein installed a computer system called The Achievement Reporting and Innovation System, at a cost of $95 million, with records on 1 million current and former students.
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In 2007, the Joel Klein launched a major redesign of the formula used to fund schools.
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Joel Klein played an important role in changing the way that literacy was taught in New York schools.
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On November 9,2010, Bloomberg announced that Joel Klein would resign as chancellor and would take a position as an executive vice president for News Corporation.
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Joel Klein was replaced by Cathie Black, chairman of Hearst Magazines and former president of USA Today, on January 3,2011.
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On July 6,2011, Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation and the company's CEO, announced that Joel Klein would "provide important oversight and guidance" in the internal investigation of phone hacking at News of the World.
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Since joining News Corp, Joel Klein has recruited at least two other executives from the New York City Department of Education.
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Joel Klein acquired Wireless Generation, the technology company that developed and managed ARIS, the city's school data warehouse.
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In 2021, while still at Oscar, Joel Klein joined the board of Juul Labs, a tobacco company.
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Joel Klein is married to Nicole Seligman, general counsel to Howard Stringer of Sony Corp.